Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1887-01-21
THE FARM AND DAIRY.
The Connecticut Datrynen's Assoc
tien-MiIk Inspection.

The Connecticut Datrymen's AssOcfa-
tien-MiIk Inspection.
At the annual convention of the Connect
cut Dairymen's association held in Hartford
officers were elected for the ensuing
year as follows:
President-W NJ. Wadsworth of Farming
ton.
Secretary and treasurer-John S. Kirkham
of Newington.
Vice Observation-Disclosures Warner of
Pomfret, and one from each county; Timothy
Sedgwick of Vest Hartford, J. E. Mansfield
of North Haven, Philo Clark of Newton, j.
Nelson Boland of New London, Charles eros
venor of Pomfret, Lyman Hall of Goshen,
Walter E. Hart of Durham, E. III. Hyde of
Stafford.
A committee of three-State Treasurer
Alexander Warner and Thomas Loomis of
Windham and Dairy Commissioner Tatem-
was appointed as legislative committee to
secure needed notifications of the oleomar-
garine law.
Mr.. Norton of the Pennington creamery
said there were thirty-ive creameries in the
State now, and he expected to see fifty be-
fore long. Under the creamery SYSTEM the
farmers could make more money than under
the old plan. He thought the comparative
profit of cream and milk gathering depended
largely on locality.
The first business at the afternoon session
was the reading of long and very interest
ing paper by Dr. E. H Jenkins of the Con-
He said: "The object of a milk law and
milk inspection is twofold: to prevent
fraud; to protect the public health.
Someone will perhaps suggest third
object, viz, to protect and foster the
dairy interest of the State. The only pro-
lection, however, that our dairy interest re-
quires is the prevention of fraud in the sale
of dairy products and imitation dairy pro-
ducts and SO is included in my first state
ment. To pass laws restricting one legiti-
mate industry for the sake of fostering an
other industry is policy of very doubtful
value and quite contrary to the genius of
our government, which is to let every body
alone on condition that everybody let's his
neighbor alone. Now milk law and suitable
inspection will restrict to some extent le
gitimate and useful trade-tne sale of skim
med milk. It is also likely to temporarily
inconvenience more or less all who sell milk
in cities or at the creameries, and may
even cause injustice to be done IN number
of cases. That cannot be wholly helped in
executing any law. But such restriction,
say, and inconvenience can only be justified
because the protection of the public health
and security against fraud mako them neces
sary, and this protection of the public health
is Just the protection that will m ost surely
and most practically help the dairy interest
of the State"
Il.
that there was no question of carelessness
and fraud in the sale of milk and that wise
milk law would be great benefit. Such
law should be carefully discussed before its
passage.
The second days convention of the Con-
necticut .dairymen was held at the Capitol
yesterday, and was largely attended. At
the morning session the subject of the pollu
ton of streams was discussed by farmers,
and they were all of the opinion that strin-
gent laws should be passed and enforced so
as protect the farming districts. An in
teIesting discussion followed on the subject:
'EButter-the best mode of making it and the
best way of selling it, Messrs. Sadd of
Mapping, Norton of Pennington and Phelps
of CRANKY took an active part in the discus
sion.
The afternoon session was held in the
House of Representatives. very interest
ing paper was read by Dairy Commissioner
Tatem. After detailing the facts which led
to his appointment and the experiences he
mst with during the first few weeks after
he was installed in Office, and describing
a number of incidents, he said that from
statistics at hand, not complete but nearly
so, he believed there are 104, 100 COWS in
the State. Anticipating that each COW
gives 81 pounds of butter at 25 cents, the
annual production of pure butter is valued
at So, 1868, $780, These figures exceed the
turns of corn, potatoes, ETC., by $1S, $50 So
The creameries are supplied by 5,0S8 cows
and they produce 999, $40 pounds. Thus far
statistics prove that the percentage of honest
butter used in the State is less than the per-
centage of oleomargarine, much of the latter
being imported from neighboring States.
address Judge Slade spoke on "The Connec-
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